From Monroe Doctrine to New Monroe Doctrine, is US becoming more hegemonic?
By: Global Times | Published: Jan 09, 2026 09:51 PM
36 years ago on Jan 3, 1990, the US seized then Panama's President Antonio Noriega on so-called drug charges. Exactly 36 years later, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro became the first target of the "new Monroe Doctrine." From "opposing European colonialism" to military raids, oil grabs, and forcibly seizing foreign leaders — how ...